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Does stadium construction create jobs and boost incomes? The realised economic impacts of sports facilities in New Zealand

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Government involvement in facility construction is typically justified on the basis of ex-ante predictions of economic impact resulting from events hosted at the new or upgraded facility. This paper examines the impact of facility construction on construction sector employment and real GDP across 15 New Zealand cities between 1997 and 2009. Results from static and dynamic models indicate that certain types of facilities had short-term (during construction) positive impacts on construction sector employment growth, although only stadium projects generated positive post-construction employment impacts. There is also little in the way of empirical evidence to suggest that new or upgraded facilities had any significant impact on local area real GDP either during or post-construction.

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  • Samuel A. Richardson, 2016. "Does stadium construction create jobs and boost incomes? The realised economic impacts of sports facilities in New Zealand," New Zealand Economic Papers, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(2), pages 153-176, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:nzecpp:v:50:y:2016:i:2:p:153-176
    DOI: 10.1080/00779954.2015.1043932
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